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4.28 AVERAGE
4.28 AVERAGE
Such a riveting read, reminiscent of Educated. It is truly hard to fathom how one overcomes such a difficult childhood. I appreciated reading this author’s story!
Incredibly riveting, completely devastating. It was certainly an eye opener to see how this lifestyle affects women and their children, and turns children into adults very quickly. Very well written and I wish it weren't real.
Devastating. Ruth Wariner is unbelievably resilient and devoted to her family. Her childhood was filled with suffering, and I wish we could have seen more of her journey of rebuilding instead of just the moment / choice that set her on that path.
Wariner's story was appalling and heartwrenching, and definitely a life that needed to be documented and written down. Her writing at times feels a little like a journal, and the "first book" feel definitely comes through but a good read nonetheless!
I am not a huge memoir fan, and I found this book a little difficult to get into initially. But somehow the author drew me in, and I've pretty much been reading nonstop for hours. I couldn't even tell you what exactly I liked so much about this book. Maybe its the fact that despite all the difficulties of her childhood, the author never descends into self-absorption, never expects us to feel sorry for her. It is in some ways similar to The Glass Castle, although the writing is perhaps not quite as luminous as that book.
Fascinating read into a lifestyle I will never understand.
Heartbreaking, tragic, preventable....
Heartbreaking, tragic, preventable....
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"What chance did I have of being heard by the leaders of a church who believed its men were training to become gods?" Indeed.
This was the first FLDS book I've read that was not based in, or connected to, Short Creek and Warren Jeffs. Though the basic tenets are the same, the Firstborns of LeBaron were less strict yet significantly more deprived. I vehemently applaud Ruth Wariner for her strong will and bravery. Tissues required.
This was the first FLDS book I've read that was not based in, or connected to, Short Creek and Warren Jeffs. Though the basic tenets are the same, the Firstborns of LeBaron were less strict yet significantly more deprived. I vehemently applaud Ruth Wariner for her strong will and bravery. Tissues required.